Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.06% to hit a new 3-month low, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 1.19% or 0.24 points to trade at 20.40 at the close. L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) fell 0.06% or 0.10 points to end at 173.60 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) was down 0.24% or 0.25 points to 105.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 4.54% or 1.040 points to trade at 21.890 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 2.56% or 0.59 points to end at 22.43 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) shed 1.97% or 0.74 points to 36.91.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which rose 1.19% to 20.40, BIC (PA:BICP) which was up 0.89% to settle at 102.45 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which gained 0.41% to close at 61.35.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 4.54% to 21.890 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 3.15% to settle at 12.010 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 3.11% to 48.660 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 476 to 112 and 94 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.78% to 18.36.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 2.64 to $1292.74 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.21% or 0.10 to hit $48.49 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.08 to trade at $51.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1813, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.9084.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 93.03.